Titre : | A first course in string theory | Type de document : | document imprimé | Auteurs : | B. Zwiebach, Auteur | Editeur : | Cambridge, GB : Cambridge University Press | Année de publication : | 2004 | Importance : | XX-558 p. : ill. ; 26 cm | ISBN/ISSN/EAN : | 0-521-83143-1 | Note générale : | Hardback
| Langues : | Français (fre) | Index. décimale : | 03 Quantum mechanics, field theories, special relativity, many-body | Résumé : | Table of contents: Part I. Basics: 1. A brief introduction; 2. Special relativity and extra dimensions; 3. Electromagnetism and gravitation; 4. Non-relativistic strings; 5. The relativistic point particle; 6. Relativistic strings; 7. String parameterization and motion; 8. World-sheet currents; 9. Light-cone relativistic strings; 10. Light-cone fields and particles; 11. Relativistic quantum particles; 12. Quantum open strings; 13. Quantum closed strings; Part II. Developments: 14. D-branes and gauge fields; 15. String charge, electric charge, and particle physics; 16. String thermodynamics and black holes; 17. T-duality of closed strings; 18. T-duality of open strings; 19. Electromagnetic fields on D-branes; 20. Nonlinear electrodynamics; 21. Covariant string quantization; 22. Interactions and Riemann surfaces; 23. Loop amplitudes in string theory; References; Index.
| Note de contenu : | Réimpression avec correction en 2005 Bibliogr. p. 547-551. Index.
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A first course in string theory [document imprimé] / B. Zwiebach, Auteur . - Cambridge, GB : Cambridge University Press, 2004 . - XX-558 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. ISBN : 0-521-83143-1 Hardback
Langues : Français ( fre) Index. décimale : | 03 Quantum mechanics, field theories, special relativity, many-body | Résumé : | Table of contents: Part I. Basics: 1. A brief introduction; 2. Special relativity and extra dimensions; 3. Electromagnetism and gravitation; 4. Non-relativistic strings; 5. The relativistic point particle; 6. Relativistic strings; 7. String parameterization and motion; 8. World-sheet currents; 9. Light-cone relativistic strings; 10. Light-cone fields and particles; 11. Relativistic quantum particles; 12. Quantum open strings; 13. Quantum closed strings; Part II. Developments: 14. D-branes and gauge fields; 15. String charge, electric charge, and particle physics; 16. String thermodynamics and black holes; 17. T-duality of closed strings; 18. T-duality of open strings; 19. Electromagnetic fields on D-branes; 20. Nonlinear electrodynamics; 21. Covariant string quantization; 22. Interactions and Riemann surfaces; 23. Loop amplitudes in string theory; References; Index.
| Note de contenu : | Réimpression avec correction en 2005 Bibliogr. p. 547-551. Index.
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